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"I want to write Rajnikant's biography..."

'Socialism doesn't mean anything to people now'

'The word equity means so much more to the dynamic world India today is in than the word 'socialism'.'

'The STF has been waiting since 1992'

'Remember, they are all volunteers unlike other forces, and they said they would not come out of the forest until they finished the job. That was the kind of dedication and perseverance they had.' says former STF boss Walter Dawaram.

'This is not a fight against the Gandhis'

'I am requesting Sonia Gandhi to listen to her inner voice again.' 'Then, she will know this is the time for the family to step aside.'

Adoor's first leading man

'I want to be in the top 20 or 30'

'While in Chennai, I play alone. It gets lonely at times because you wish for someone to play with you,' says Joshna Chinnappa, India's number one squash player.

'At Moscow we proved the pundits wrong'

Former India hockey captain Vasudevan Bhaskaran shares his Olympics experiences with Shobha Warrier.

The need for foreigners at IIT

IIT-Madras director on the need for foreigners at IIT.

'Democracy is not a lollipop'

'No society becomes democratic merely by holding an election,' says T N Seshan.

'Public Sector Banks Don't Like To Loan To MSMEs'

'The approach today is, instead of giving loans to 100 MSMEs, let us give one loan to a big-ticket corporate.' 'And so many of these big fish deceived the banks and the banks are in the doldrums now with high NPAs.'

Sabu Cyril created cities for Mani Ratnam

Why Ravi K Chandran prefers Yuva

'Entertainment is not a bad word'

Mani Ratnam talks about his filmmaking process, and his love for songs.

'Any set you erect should have life in it'

'Mary Roy was a very unorthodox person'

'She will forever be remembered for being a disrupter - a disrupter in a positive sense - as she disrupted the hierarchies that existed in society!'

'Rajni was nervous about how he'd look'

'There was no talk about divestment at all'

R Parasu Raman, chairman, CII -- southern region and chairman and managing director, Novar India Ltd, speaks to Shobha Warrier on the Budget.

Tharoor: 'Always wise to tread carefully on people's feelings'

'This is an issue that is larger than the interests of any one party.'

'Growth will definitely be less than 8%'

'There will be positive growth, but if you ask me whether we are going to have the original growth rate of 8%, the answer will be, no.'

'I wanted to be like MGR'

Veteran actor Sarath Kumar talks about how he's heading in a different cinematic direction.

'MGR films are my reference point'

National Award winning director S P Jananathan talks about his new film, E.

'People have convicted Shankaracharya'

'Everyone has prejudged him, and they have already convicted the Shankaracharya. The press has convicted him. The politicians have convicted him,' says Cho Ramaswamy.

'FM & PM keep denying reality about unemployment'

'According to CMIE data, employment in manufacturing saw a reduction from 51 million in the country in 2016 to 27 million in 2021. 'That is, it has halved in just 5 years. 'At the same time, the national lockdown resulted in reverse migration to rural areas, and an increase in the number of workers in agriculture. 'It also means joblessness has increased in agriculture because there are too many workers; the number of workers went up from 200 million to 232 million.'

Why Is Govt Increasing Taxes For Middle Class?

'When you need to revive the economy, when you need to revive aggregate demand, you cut taxes.' 'But what's this government doing?' 'It's increasing taxes for the middle class and the vast majority of the poor on fuel, which has a ratchet effect on most other products.'

'Govt Knows Demonetisation Is One Of Its Biggest Blunders'

'They are not tom-tomming what a great thing the Supreme Court decision is.' 'If they say it was a great thing, the public will react because people suffered and are still suffering.'

'A million telematics jobs in India soon'

Globally, IT and automotive together are a $4.5 trillion industry, and telematics forms a big part of this. Telematics is set to grow in a big way and can create a million-plus jobs in India over the next 5 years, says Prof Sadagopan.

'Secularism may not survive in India'

'You will see more laws that treat Hindus and non-Hindus, especially Muslims, quite unequally.' 'Once you see this kind of erosion of secularism, it will be very hard to get it back.'

'In some ways, India is already a Hindu rashtra'

'The way discrimination against Muslims has become almost normalised is very upsetting.'

'Today, job famine causes food famine'

A film with Sarita, Khushboo, Jyothika

Revathy Varma talks about her first film, June R.

'Bring professionalism to Indian hockey'

Former India hockey captain and coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran calls for more transparency in the IHF's functioning.

'Indians masters at getting high grades in US'

When you go to US B-schools, you find that most of the student getting high GPAs are Indians. So, we had to do a different mix in order to make sure we had a good mix of people.

'Hindi is my indulgence'

Madhavan's first comedy, the Tamil film Nala Damayanti, is a big hit. The actor couldn't be happier.

'India always has enough brains'

'India is looking up as the future of the world in many ways,' says IIT-M Director Dr M S Ananth.

Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver And Diabetes: What You Must Know

'We found that in fatty liver patients, something happens that blocks insulin secretion.'

Rural India getting richer? You bet!

R V Rajan, chief managing director, Anugraha Madison, speaks on how rural India has changed over the last two decades.

'Whatever the government says, take with ton of salt!'

'The prospects for both India and the global economy is that we are headed towards a very difficult time.' 'I see very uncertain at least 8-10 months for both India and the rest of the world.'

Mani Ratnam signs upcoming hero Srikkant

His first two films were a hit. Srikkant is now awaiting the fate of his third release.

'Koi Mil Gaya, India's first sci-fi film'

'There are many new elements in the film, like spacecraft, the alien,' Ravi K Chandran on Rakesh Roshan's Koi Mil Gaya.

'Do you know why people build untouchability walls?'

'The main reason is 'they' do not want to see Dalits especially in the morning!'